Cross Index | Nitrosomonas |
SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Aerobic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria |
Compare | Nitrifying bacteria:
Sulfur Oxidizing Acidiphilium Macromonas, Thermothrix thiopara Thiobacillus, Thiobacterium, Thiodendron latens, Thiomicrospira, Thiosphaera, Thiospira, Thiovulum majus Hydrogen Bacteria: Hydrogenbacter thermophilus Iron & Manganese bacteria: Aquaspirillum , Bilophococcus, Gallionella ferrunginea, Leptospirillum, Metallogenium , Naumanniella, Ochrobium tectum, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans, Siderocapsa, Siderococcus limoniticus, |
Contrast | Archaea |
Subset |
Morphology | Nitrosomonas |
CELLULAR |
Staining | Gram-negative. |
Morphology | Ellipsoidal or rod-shaped cells. Cell shape and size variable between strains. Cells occur singly or, rarely, in chains |
Motility | Motile or nonmotile. |
Specialized structures | cells grow free in media or are embedded in a slime matrix. Cells reproduce by binary fission. Cells have intracytoplasmic membranes arranged as flattened vesicles primarily in the peripheral region of the cytoplasm. |
Division |
COLONIAL |
Solid surface |
Liquid |
Growth Parameters | Nitrosomonas |
PHYSIOLOGICAL |
Tropism | Chemolithotrophs; cells can grow mixotrophically but not heterotrophically |
Oxygen | Aerobic |
pH | pH range for growth: 5.8-8.5. |
Temperature | Temperature range for growth: 5-30`C. |
Requirements | The major source of energy and reducing power is from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite. |
Products | |
Enzymes | |
Unique features |
ENVIRONMENTAL |
Habitat | Occur in soils, most oceans of the world, lakes, rivers and sewage disposal systems |
Lifestyle | |
Pathogenicity |
Distribution |
Genome | Nitrosomonas |
G+C Mol % | 45-54 (Bd, Tm) |
Reference | Nitrosomonas |
First citation | Winogradsky, S.1892. Contributions a la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arch. Sci. Biol. (St. Petersb) 1:86-137 |
The Prokaryotes | Judicial Commission. 1958. Opinion 23 |
Bergey's Systematatic | p 1822 S.W. Watson, E. Bock, H. Harms, H-P. Koops, and A. B. Hooper. |
Bergey's Determinative | p 449 |
References |